Category: INSIDE CHINA

Chinese Openly Oppose Regime’s Zero-COVID Policy Ahead of CCP Party Congress

Chinese citizens are openly expressing opposition to the communist regime’s highly restrictive zero-COVID policy, which has caused immense suffering, in the weeks before the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) national party meeting in mid-October. A recent bus accident in Guizhou Province in southwest China is sparking public anger over the policy. Early on Sept. 18, 27 people…


Lhasa Residents: ‘Isolated for Over 40 Days, With No Income, We Can’t Hold on Any Longer!’

Lhasa, the capital of western China’s Tibetan region, is drawing worldwide attention after a recent COVID-19 flare-up. The city—with population estimates ranging from 300,000 to around 900,000—has suffered chaotic pandemic management during a lockdown that has lasted over a month. Local authorities closed off parts of the city and mass-tested residents under the zero-COVID policies…


Young Manager Leaves China, Citing Ubiquitous Digital Surveillance

Eileen, a high-level manager in a Chinese internet company, decided to leave China after experiencing years of police harassment because her ID labeled her as “a member of the heretical religions.” After arriving in the United States in August, she told the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times that she became the subject of…


Tech Manager Leaves China, Citing Ubiquitous Digital Surveillance

Eileen, a high-level manager in a Chinese internet company, decided to leave China after experiencing years of police harassment because her ID labeled her as “a member of the heretical religions.” After arriving in the United States in August, she told the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times that she became the subject of…


BioNTech and Sinovac Vaccines Less Effective Against Omicron: Study

The BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines are significantly less effective against Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 compared to the original virus strain, according to a new study. The study, jointly conducted by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, found that the levels of antibodies produced against BA.4 and BA.5…


Province in China Locks Down High School Students and Staff Without Notifying Parents

Over 2,000 secondary school students and 300 teaching staff of a private high school in China’s southwestern Guizhou Province are locked down amid the communist regime’s zero-COVID policy. Guiyang Happy Valley International Experimental School was found to have “abnormal PCR test results” on Sept. 6, as reported by Netease, a popular digital news portal in…


US Ambassador to China Stands in Line on the Streets of Shanghai for COVID-19 Tests

U.S. Ambassador to China Nicolas Burns’ recent posts on Twitter have drawn much attention worldwide, including those who bypassed the Great Firewall in mainland China to leave comments on his post. One of his most shared posts on Twitter was him standing in a queue in the streets of Shanghai on Sept. 1, waiting for…


US Ambassador to China Stands in Line on the Streets of Shanghai for COVID-19 Test

U.S. Ambassador to China Nicolas Burns’ recent posts on Twitter have drawn much attention worldwide, including those who bypassed the Great Firewall in mainland China to leave comments on his post. One of his most shared posts on Twitter was him standing in a queue in the streets of Shanghai on Sept. 1, waiting for…


Starving and Censored, Guiyang Resident in China’s Lockdowns Asks World for Attention and Help

Residents of China’s largest residential complex gathered on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival to protest food shortages due to the communist regime’s stringent lockdown measures. Local authorities sent in hundreds of police to silence the gathering residents. China’s southwestern Guizhou province imposed stringent closure measures in its capital city amid the latest COVID-19 flare-up…


Shops in Shanghai’s Financial Hub Pay High Price for Zero-COVID

Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district, known as China’s “Wall Street,” has paid a high price under the Chinese Communist Party’s strict zero-COVID policy. More than a third of the district’s shops have been closed, according to a financial service firm’s analysis. CRIC Securities, a financial service provider in Hong Kong, revealed in its August report that…